Garment supporter



Nov. 19, 1935- G. F. WATERS ET AL GARMENT SUPPORTER Filed Sept. 10, 19543nventors ev-Trude 7 W-airs BU Gilbert A Wafers.

Gttomeg Patented Nov. 19, 1935 PATENT OFFICE 2,021,619 GARMENT SUPPORTERGertrude F. Waters and Gilbert A. Waters, Sharon, Conn.

Application September 10, 1934, Serial No. 743,360

Claims. (01. 24-259) Our invention relates to a garment-supporter ofthat class which is employed for retaining and supporting such garmentsas stockings and socks, and particularly to a clasp for use with 5womens corsets and girdles, and where it is important that a very thinclasp be employed so that the same will not form a noticeable bunch orshow through the clothing, and yet the device must be reliable andstrong and not damage in any manner the finest and thinnest fabrics.

The object of our invention is to provide a garment-supporter or claspof this kind that shall be of minimum thickness and which will lieperfectly fiat when in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clasp that shall belight, strong, durable, easily attached and which will preventanyslipping or accidental loosening of the garment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clasp that may becheaply manufactured from spring metal or other suitable material, andwhich may be colored different shades to match the garments.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clasp that can be madein one piece, such as a stamping, and that requires no machine work orassembling, other than its attachment to the garment.

With these and other objects in view, our invention relates to a novelconstruction that will hereinafter be fully described and claimed andillustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part hereof and inwhich like figures of reference refer to corresponding parts in all ofthe views, and it is understood that slight changes may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 shows the clasp secured by the usual webbing to a corset or thelike, and in engagement with the upper part of a stocking.

Figure 2 shows a side elevation of the clasp with the tongue pressed tothe rear to allow the clasp to be applied to the stocking.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of Figure 1, and shows the position of thetongue and stocking when in an engaged or holding position.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the clasp.

Figure 5 shows a modified form of the device, where two clasps are madeside by side to give a double grip.

Figure 6 shows a form or modification of the device whereby the same isformed with two grips opposed to each other so that one can be used inplace of the webbing strap.

tion I0, formed at the upper end with the eye 5 II and slot IT, by whichit may be permanently attached by the webbing strap I2 to a corset orother garment.

The other end of the device is shaped in the form of a spear sothat itmay readily be slid 10 over the stocking or sock I6, and from the bodyportion I0 is struck the tongue I4, its upper end being a part of thebody portion near the eye, and its free or lower end being formed in theshape of a head I5, which very closely fits the 15 opening in the bodyportion from which it was pressed or sheared.

If desired to make this head I5 a tighter fit within the opening in thebody portion, it may be dipped in some coating material such as rub- 0her, and it should also be understood that the entire article may beenameled or otherwise colored, or made from colored material.

In the operation of the device, the tongue I4 is pressed outward towardthe rear as shown in 25 Figure 2, and the stocking I6 is insertedbetween the tongue I4 and the body portion I0.

The tongue I 4 together with that portion of the stocking that coversthe head I5, is now pressed through the opening in the body portiontowards the front as shown in Figure 3, forming a button of the stockingmaterial upon the head I5, and securing the stocking in a rigid manner,the downward pull upon the stocking drawing in the head towards the bodyportion and preventing the removal of the stocking.

To withdraw the stocking, the tongue I4 is pressed outward from the bodyportion thus releasing the stocking therefrom.

As shown in the modified form illustrated in Figure 5, should the devicebe required where great strain is encountered, the body portion may beenlarged, and two or more tongues provided, thus giving added grippingmeans.

In some cases it may be desirable to eliminate the webbing strap, and toaccomplish this, the device may be made double ended as shown in Figure6, the body portion being formed with two opposed tongues.

The head I5 of the tongue I4 is made to fit in the lower end of theopening from which it was sheared in such a tight relation, or by theaddition of a coating, that to press the head through the opening thetongue I4 must be slightly bent by the operator to recede the head fromthe end of the opening, and due to its Wedge shape allow it to passtherethrough. It will be noted from Figure 1 that due to this tight fitthat the stocking slightly laps over the sides or edges of thewedge-shaped opening thus preventing the head from passing through theopening until receded by the bending of the tongue.

Having thus described our invention, what we desire to secure by LettersPatent, is:

1. A garment-fastener of the class described, comprising a single pieceof resilient material spear-shaped at one end and formed with anattaching eye at the other end, a tongue struck from the body of saidpiece to form an opening in the spear-shaped end, and a head formed onsaid tongue providing a tight fit within the opening in the spear-shapedend.

2. A garment-fastener of the class described, comprising a single pieceof sheet resilient material formed with an eye in one end thereof, andspear-shaped at the other end, a tongue struck from the body thereof toform an opening in the spear-shaped end, the free end of said tongueformed with a head adapted to fit the opening in the spear-shaped end ina tight manner, and a covering for said head.

3. A garment-fastener of the class described, comprising a spear-shapedsingle piece of resilient material having an eye for a mounting means,and a spear-shaped end, a tongue struck from said piece and attachedthereto at one end adjacent the eye and forming an opening in the bodyof the piece, a head formed on the free end of the tongue of the samesize as the opening in said piece, and a resilient covering on said headto allow the head covered with the resilient material, although largerthan the opening, to be squeezed therethrough.

4. In a garment-fastener, a single piece of flat resilient materialformed with a mounting eye at one end thereof, a tongue having a headformed on one end thereof and attached to and forming a part of thefastener and struck therefrom forming an opening therein, said headforming a tight joint with the sides of the material from which it wasstruck and requiring that said tongue be bowed to allow the head to passthrough the opening.

5. In a garment-fastener, comprising a single piece of resilientmaterial formed with a mounting eye at one end thereof and pointed atthe other end thereof, an opening formed in said piece having awedge-shaped end, a tongue having one end integral with said piece, anda head formed on the other end forming a tight fit with the wedge-shapedend of the opening and having to be receded by imparting a bendingmovement thereto before being free to pass therethrough.

GERTRUDE F. WATERS. GILBERT A. WATERS.

